Elizabeth - English 7

Teacher: Elizabeth Huston
Email: trcs.eliz@gmail.com
Website: N/A
Class/es: 701, 702

Special Note: I encourage students to attend parent/teacher conferences with their family so that they may contribute to the conversation about their achievements and struggles.

Homework Policy:
1. Seventh graders are expected to read thirty minutes every night!
2. Late homework is not accepted!

HW#	Due Date	Details	Resources
Recurring Assignment	Every Monday!	3-6 pages of writing that should be shown to your Reading/Writing Lab teacher.	writing prompts: http://www.adammaxwell.com/writers-tools/writing-prompts-generator/
Recurring Assignment	Every night!	30 minutes of reading in your independent reading book or other text such as a newspaper or magazine.	sites that review and recommend YA books: http://www.readingrants.org/ http://youngadultbookreviews.com/ http://penguinbtl.blogspot.com/
	3.19	Reading Response #1
	4.2	Reading Response #2
	4.2	Finish essay on "The Champion" and "Victory!"
	4.4	Finish graphic organizer and short answer questions about "Not-So-Great Expectations" and "What Do You Expect?"
	4.5	Vocabulary Sheet #1
	4.16	i-ready practice should be complete!
	4.16-4.18	Reading Response #3
	4.23	Vocab sheet #2	Use words from your IRB or from the Flocabulary 7th grade word list: http://flocabulary.com/7th-grade-vocabulary-word-list/
	4.23	You must have a book with you for your Independent Reading Project!
	4.23-5.13	Keep up to date with your pages and post-its for your Independent Reading Project!
	4.24	Get your progress report signed!
	5.1	Vocab sheet #3 due
	5.1	Feature article sheet due
	5.2	Reading Response #4 due
	5.7-5.13	Finish your IRB
	5.7-5.13	Gather ideas, facts and quotes for your feature article. Article proposal sheet due 5.14!	Feature.article.proposal.doc
	5.16	There is no mid-May reading response due because of your IRB projects. However, if you'd like to turn one in to compensate for a previous failing grade, I will give you credit for it!
	5.18	Second draft of feature article due. With the article you must turn in two alternative leads!	Common Types of Leads.doc Details Download 46 KB
	5.25	Third draft of feature article is due!	third.draft.checklist.doc Details Download 23 KB
	6.1	Vocab sheet due. Use words from your IRB or the 7th grade flocabulary list!	Vocab.sheet.doc Details Download 35 KB
	5.23	Fact/quote sheet due. You must have at least three of each!
	6.6	LAST reading response of the year due!
	6.8	Final draft of feature article due!	article.learningtargets.doc Details Download 45 KB